Military Minute 27 Feb 24

I’m Papa Penguin and this is your Military Minute.

Update on the physician accused of groping patient no fly zones at JLBM.

Major Michael Stockin has pled not guilty to 47 counts of abusive sexual contact and five counts of indecent viewing, involving 41 male victims.

My crystal ball suggests the doctor's defense may include a version of patients misunderstanding things like the bulbocavernosus reflex.

The Chewbacca defense is also being considered.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/02/26/army-doctor-charged-sexually-abusing-dozens-of-victims-appears-court-plans-plead-not-guilty.html

UK MPs (that’s members of parliament for us Muricans and not military police) were informed the military would only be able to sustain a major war for 2 months.

Recruiting, retention and logistics are cited as the problems

So, everything. Everything is the problem.

Maybe your politicians in the UK don’t have their heads as firmly up their 4th point of contact like ours do here and they’ll find a solution.

We’ll trade you AOC or Ted Cruz for say Boris Johnson. Wonder if either of us could tell the difference?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/04/british-army-would-exhaust-capabilities-after-two-months-of-war-mps-told